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Application of artificial intelligence in companies in the tourism sector: the ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted various eco nomic sectors, including tourism. Chatbots, AI-powered software, have gained attention as conversational agents enabling immediate and interactive communi cation. While chatbots have been used for 24/7 customer support, their applica tions in the tourism industry have expanded. Companies now develop chatbots to enhance customer connections, off...

Omega-3 therapeutic supplementation in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma...

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has an extremely poor prognosis. With the best available treatments, the median overall survival duration is still less than 1 year. Most patients develop anorexia and major muscle mass loss that interfere with chemotherapy tolerance and survival. In this paper, we present a case in which these problems were a major concern. A multidisciplinary approach with chemotherapy and close nutr...

Assessing human resources renovation needs in water utilities

Human resources are one of the most important assets of water utilities being responsible for assuring systems’ management and playing an important role in the tacit forms of the organisational knowledge. In organisations with the responsibility to manage vast, diverse and long life cycle infrastructures, with an adequate level of service and acceptable risk, knowledge transfer between peers should be assured t...

Finding new trends through data analytics in infrastructure asset management – ...

Water utilities sustainable management is a leading challenge in which data and information analysis play a key role. Nowadays data generated in information systems is too much, evolves too fast and is too diverse, requiring innovative information processing forms to enhance organization’s management. Driven by reporting requirements, legal obligations in developing Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) plans a...

iGPI and PGPI: national-scale cooperative R&D rollout of IAM planning methods a...

The National Iniciative for Infrastructure Asset Management (iGPI) led by LNEC, IST and Addition, and its twin initiative PGPI, led by AGS, were collaborative projects through wich a total of 30 Portuguese water utilities developed IAM systems and plans through a collective trainnig, capacitation and R&D rollout programme (Apr 2012 - Oct 2013). The utilities received specialized training, collective and individ...

Moving urban water infrastructure asset management from science into practice

iGPI, the National Initiative for Infrastructure Asset Management is a Portuguese collaborative project led by LNEC (National Civil Engineering Laboratory, Portugal) through which 19 water utilities develop their own infrastructure asset management (IAM) systems and plans in a joint training and capacitation programme. Technical assistance to the participating utilities is ensured by LNEC, IST (Technical Univer...

A tool for a comprehensive assessment of treated wastewater quality

The main goal of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is to comply with the treated wastewater (TWW) quality requirements. However, the assessment of this compliance is a rather complex process for WWTPs in the EU Member States, since it requires the integration of a large volume of data and several criteria according to EU Directives 91/271/EEC and 2000/60/EC. A tool for a comprehensive assessment of TWW qualit...

The iGPI collaborative project: moving IAM from science to industry

iGPI, the National Initiative for Infrastructure Asset Management (April 2012 - October 2013), is a Portuguese collaborative project led by LNEC (National Civil Engineering Laboratory, Portugal) through which 19 water utilities develop their own IAM systems and plans through a joint training and capacitation programme. Technical assistance to the participating utilities is ensured by LNEC, by a team from IST (T...

O contributo da avaliação da melhoria do desempenho das estações de tratamento ...

Os serviços urbanos de águas residuais e, em particular, as estações de tratamento de águas residuais (ETAR) são atualmente alvo de esforços de melhoria do seu desempenho técnico, ambiental e económico. O benchmarking é uma ferramenta para melhoria do desempenho através da procura contínua e adaptação das melhores práticas Para avaliação do desempenho dos serviços de águas têm sido desenvolvidos, nacional e int...

Avaliar para melhorar o desempenho das estações de tratamento de água e de água...